Wire cable cutter



WIRE CABLE CUTTER Filed Oct. 8, 1936 I a aim MW; /0 A Snow;

Patented July 13, 1937 WIRE CABLE CUTTER Clarence 0. Smith and Harold D.Andrews, Auburn, Maine Application October 8, 1936, Serial No. 104,699

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a wire cable cutter more particularly designedto cut steel wire and it aims to provide a construction whereby thecutting apparatus, without the aid of additional 5 tools, willsatisfactorily and easily cut the metallic wire cable Without frayingthe ends or leaving sharp edges.

Another object is to provide a structure wherein hardened steel cuttingelements are renewably mounted and means is provided to preventspreading or crowding of parts of the cutting edges while shearing thecable.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the description following taken in connection withaccompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved cutting device;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 ofFigure 1; and

Figure 4 is a detail section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference charactersdesignate like or similar parts, a suitable base is provided as at It,for instance, having front and rear feet as at II, 9 and a centralupright beam l2, such parts as well as all parts of the device beingmetallic.

Welded against one side of the plate or beam l2 and extending above thesame, is a block l3.

Pivoted to the block 53 as by means of a removable and adjustable bolt Il, is a shearing lever l5 operating in vertical line above the beam orplate l2, and provided with a suitable handle it of any desired length.Welded to the said beam or plate E2 on the opposite side to block 93, a)is a bearing lug ii, the lever l5 being disposed between such lug andblock l3 and the bolt It also passing therethrough.

Said block it and the lever i5 carry coacting hardened steel cutters i8and I9, respectively. Said cutters are preferably arcuate as shown, eachhaving a semicircular cutting edge at 20, the cutters EB and is beingadapted to contact during the shearing operation, and the cutters beingbeveled as at 2! in a direction away from the plane of cutting. Sincethe cutters are semicircular, they collectively completely encircle thesteel wire cable or the like being severed and the result isaccomplished without fraying the ends or leaving sharp edges thereon.

On the opposite side of the beam or plate l2 adjacent the rear end ofthe block [3, is a vertical post 22, welded to such element [2 and beingof such height as to cause engagement at the inner surface thereof bythe lever I5, during the shearing operation on the wire cable or thelike so as to prevent spreading or crowding apart of the cutting edges20. It will be realized that the lever 55 snugly fits the block i3, lugIll and backing post 22 to stabilize the construction and especiallyprevent the aforesaid crowding and spreading.

In the operation of the device, the steel cable or the like is disposedin the out-out portion of the cutter 58, while the lever i5 is raised,whereupon such levcr is manually depressed so that its notch will engagethe steel cable or the like and through continued depression of handleIS, the cutters will sever the steel cable or the like. It will berealized that the cutters l8 and [9 may be readily renewed when worn.

We claim as our invention:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a plate, a block securedto one side thereof having an arcuate cutting edge, a lever, a pivotmember connecting the lever to the block over the plate and having anarcuate cutting edge to jointly with the aforesaid cutting edge surroundand cut a cable, a backing post on the opposite side of the plate tosaid block engageable by the lever to prevent spreading thereofrelatively to the block 0 during a cutting operation, and a lug on thesame side of the plate to the backing post engaging the lever, the saidpivot member for the lever passing through said lug, the lever and saidblock.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a plate, a block securedto one side thereof having an arcuate cutting edge, a lever pivoted tothe block over the plate and having an arcuate cutting edge to jointlywith the aforesaid cutting edge surround and cut a cable, a backing poston the opposite side of the plate to said block engageable by the leverto prevent spreading thereof relatively to the block during a cuttingoperation, a lug on the same side of the plate to the backing postengaging the lever, the pivot for the lever being a bolt passing throughsaid lug, the lever and said block, said block, lug and post beingwelded to said plate, and removable cutter members on said lever andblock providing: said arcuate cutting edges.

CLARENCE 0. SMITH. HAROLD D. ANDREWS.

